R50,00
A story from the hidden heart of Africa, blending social realism with fantasy, crime, and intrigue, it deals essentially with the apparently irreconcilable disparities between different cultures.
Elia of the Baktari is torn between her duty as the queen designate of her central African tribe and her career as a Western geologist, working at a mine near her village. The mine contains a priceless meteoric mineral called borlanium, used in electronic devices. And in the borlanium grows an alien plant, the poisonous hitari, the seed of which makes the eater thereof immortal.
Elia has to deal with the threat of the hitari, rival suitors for her hand and a criminal take-over of the borlanium mine. The life choices she makes will seal her destiny and that of her tribe.
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This story takes you on a fascinating journey of both familiarity regarding Africa and its rich culture and the unfamiliar and mysterious regarding alien plants. Realism mixes with fantasy in the riveting plot. A work of great imagination and charm, well-written and entertaining. The story keeps readers on the edge of their seats. – Reach Publishers